Wide Reading Quotes

I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.

Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.

I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.

Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice.

I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.

Read much, but not many books.

Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess what Isaac Asimov calls a "capacity for clear thought," able to go from point to point in an orderly sequence, an A to Z approach. (4) They're geniuses at putting their emotions into words. (5) They possess an insatiable curiosity, constantly asking Why and How.

Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers.

I did not feel a particularly strong call to any one subject, but read voraciously and widely and began to find science interesting.

When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.

I loved to read and would read anything that roused my interest, whether it was below my age level or above it, even if I could barely make sense of it.

So our student will flit like a busy bee through the entire garden of literature, light on every blossom, collect a little nectar from each, and carry it to his hive.

I read almost everything that comes my way.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

When I was a kid, I went through the whole process of reading great literature and trying to be very widely read.

I think that's not a question that one can answer accurately. I read a whole range of books, quite a lot of history at the time, and still do read a lot. I read very widely.

I tend to pull nuggets out of many books - rather than having a handful of books that serve as guiding lights.

I'll read anything that's good. I have no artificial barriers based on genre.

As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.

Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.

I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really.

One superlatively important effect of wide reading is the enlargement of vocabulary which always accompanies it.

No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably and helplessly write. A born writer has self-knowledge. Read, read, read. And if you are a fiction writer, don't confine yourself to reading fiction. Every writer is first a wide reader.